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Mabel Lu MIAO: It is vital to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas
The US video communications software Zoom has announced it will stop direct sales in China starting on August 23 and change to an agency cooperation model. Although it promises not to affect corporate users within the next three years, these changes will still affect international conference arrangements that rely on network connections. How does this change affect international institutions in China?
August 25 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: Trump, Biden and China
By Harvey Dzodin,a senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG).
August 17 , 2020 -
Laurence Brahm: ‘Decoupling’ means one planet, two worlds
Twenty years ago, the ritzy five-star hotels of Beijing were hosting conferences every week on globalization, holding out a promise it could bring us all together and that barriers on trade and investment would be coming down. Businessmen, accountants, investment bankers and lawyers crowded during coffee breaks, and we all felt the buzz of something bigger than us that would somehow make the world more integrated and whole.
August 11 , 2020 -
Wang Huiyao: Canada should drop Meng Wanzhou case, shaking free of US coattails
In October 1970, Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau took a momentous step to establish relations with the People’s Republic of China. It was a bold move – Nixon’s famous visit to China was still two years off, and only a handful of Western countries had embassies in Beijing at the time.
August 05 , 2020 -
Harvey Dzodin: NGOs play crucial role in China-US cooperation
With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to accelerate across the globe, you may think there is no choice but to throw in the proverbial towel. However, there is a glimmer of hope that NGOs on both sides of the bilateral divide could unite in combating and containing the novel coronavirus. Why are NGOs important? While governments tend to operate on a macro level, NGOs usually operate on a micro level. They tend to move quickly to analyze a situation and take action at the earliest possible moment. They can also operate in matters where governments may have to exercise caution or be constrained from engaging.
July 29 , 2020